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Is Vita Coco Extra Coconut ultra-processed?

330 ml Coconut waters Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Vita Coco Extra Coconut

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 3 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed coconut waters

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Coconut water from coconut water concentrate 97%, Coconut Cream 3%, Gellan gum

Additives: E418 Gellan gum

As written on the pack

Coconut water from coconut water concentrate (97%), Coconut Cream (3%), Stabiliser: Gellan gum.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 44 coconut waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 18% of the coconut waters here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 44 coconut waters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0898999011073, last edited 14 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.